watchOS 6

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! class="ios-lab" | Developer
| class="ios-val" | [[Apple]]
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! class="ios-lab" | Initial release
| class="ios-val" | September 19, 2019
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! class="ios-lab" | Final release
| class="ios-val" | 6.3 (2020)
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! class="ios-lab" | Preceded by
| class="ios-val" | [[watchOS 5]]
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! class="ios-lab" | Succeeded by
| class="ios-val" | [[watchOS 7]]
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watchOS 6 is the sixth release of [[watchOS]], shipped September 19, 2019. The watch gained its own App Store — browse, search by voice or Scribble, and install without touching the iPhone — plus independent apps that no longer required a phone-side sibling, completing the autonomy arc cellular began. Health additions kept pace: the Noise app warned of hearing-damaging environments in real time, and Cycle Tracking arrived on both watch and phone.

= Features =

On-watch App Store and independent apps; Noise; Cycle Tracking; Activity Trends' long-term charts; Voice Memos, Audiobooks, and Calculator (with tip splitting); the Meridian and Solar Dial faces; and streaming for third-party audio apps.

= Legacy =

The self-contained app economy readied the platform for Family Setup's phone-less users a year later, and Noise/Cycle Tracking widened "health" beyond the heart — the quiet expansion that became hearing, medication, and mental-health features in later releases.